(Encyclopedia) Bouguer, PierreBouguer, Pierrepyĕr b&oomacr;gĕrˈ [key], 1698–1758, French mathematician and hydrographer. He made some of the first photometric measurements, calculating the…
(Encyclopedia) Boulez, PierreBoulez, Pierrepyĕr b&oomacr;lĕzˈ [key], 1925–2016, French conductor and composer of modernist classical music. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Olivier…
(Encyclopedia) Bretonneau, PierreBretonneau, Pierrepyĕr brətônōˈ [key], 1778–1862, French physician. He performed (1825) the first successful tracheotomy for laryngeal diphtheria, wrote a treatise (…
(Encyclopedia) Broussel, PierreBroussel, Pierrepyĕr br&oomacr;sĕlˈ [key], c.1575–1654, councillor of the Parlement of Paris under Louis XIII and Louis XIV. His opposition to the tax program…
(Encyclopedia) Biard, PierreBiard, Pierrepyĕr byär [key], c.1567–1622, French Jesuit missionary in North America. He left a professorship of theology in Lyons to head the first Jesuit mission to…
(Encyclopedia) Bayle, PierreBayle, Pierrepyĕr bāl [key], 1647–1706, French philosopher. Born a Huguenot, he converted to Roman Catholicism and then returned to Protestantism. To avoid French…
(Encyclopedia) Soulages, Pierre, 1919–, French abstract painter. Largely self-taught, he has been influenced by the carved prehistoric standing stones, Romanesque sculptures, and other art found…
(Encyclopedia) Soulé, PierreSoulé, Pierrepyĕr s&oomacr;lāˈ [key], 1801–70, American political leader and diplomat, b. Castillon, France. A lawyer, he was imprisoned for republican activities…
(Encyclopedia) Cauchon, PierreCauchon, Pierrepyĕr kōshôNˈ [key], d. 1442, bishop of Beauvais, France, president of the ecclesiastic court that convicted (1431) Joan of Arc at Rouen. His violent…
(Encyclopedia) Cardin, PierreCardin, Pierrepyĕr kärdăNˈ [key], 1922–2020, French fashion designer, b. Italy. He spent most of his early years working in Paris for such firms as Schiaparelli and Dior…
